Shimon Shuchat, TheirTurn.net
July 2016
Undercover footage shows pigs screaming, thrashing and gasping for air in their final moments. “In their last minutes, these pigs are burning from the inside out.”
“Aversive behavior ['broiler' chickens] in the form of gasping, shaking of heads and stretching of necks to breathe could be seen beginning in window two [of the gas chamber] and, by window three, all were exhibiting strong convulsions.
According to a former worker at a supplier to Eggland’s Best: “It’s absolutely chilling to hear these birds [spent hens] scrambling and fighting for air in these gas chambers.”
Following numerous undercover investigations revealing shocking cruelty in slaughterhouses, the meat industry has shifted towards a method of killing animals that is regarded by many as being less inhumane — gas chambers.
Gassing animals, euphemistically referred to as controlled atmosphere killing (CAK), is becoming an increasingly common method of killing animals in the food industry. In Australia and some European countries, CAK is already used to slaughter pigs, chickens and other animals.
Pigs
In order to gas pigs, slaughterhouse workers use electric prods to force
them into small steel cages which are lowered into carbon dioxide filled
chambers. Undercover footage shows pigs screaming, thrashing and gasping for
air in their final moments. An Australian activist conducting an undercover
investigation described what he saw: “In their last minutes, these pigs are
burning from the inside out.”
Broiler Chickens
The travelling crates that contain chickens are typically unloaded from a
truck onto a conveyor belt which carries them into a gas chamber. According
to an eyewitness from Canadians for the Ethical Treatment of Food Animals,
“Aversive behavior in the form of gasping, shaking of heads and stretching
of necks to breathe could be seen beginning in window two [of the gas
chamber] and, by window three, all were exhibiting strong convulsions. The
birds’ movements eventually became still and by the time they emerged from
the CO2 chambers they were completely lifeless…”
Egg-laying hens
Workers aggressively grab spent layer hens birds out of their cages and toss
them into mobile metal gas chambers. On some factory farms, the hens are
simply stuffed into trash cans where they are gassed. According to a former
worker at a supplier to Eggland’s Best: “It’s absolutely chilling to hear
these birds scrambling and fighting for air in these gas chambers.”
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